Sex workers group calls for enquiry into arrest of 25 Pattaya street prostitutes before US carrier visit

October 2, 2026 at 1:28 pm

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

in Crime , Living , Media , Politics , Thailand

Thailand’s prostitution debate has burst back into focus after a sex worker group demanded an investigation into a Pattaya crackdown on 25 people. The sweep came days before 5,000 US sailors and Marines were expected ashore from the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group. Now, SWING is questioning how the workers were apprehended and treated, while conflicting reports describe arrests, detention and administrative fines. The dispute comes as SWING campaigns to repeal Thailand’s 1996 prostitution law. However, its citizen-backed Sex Worker Protection Bill remains stalled without Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s endorsement.

SWING director Surang Janyam demands a probe into Pattaya’s crackdown on 25 sex workers before 5,000 US servicemen arrived, as Thailand’s prostitution law faces challenge. ( Source: United Nations )

A leading sex worker organisation has demanded an investigation into the treatment of 25 people caught in a Pattaya prostitution crackdown. The Service Workers in Group Foundation, known as SWING, made the call on Friday, October 2. The move reopens a controversy surrounding an enforcement operation carried out on August 29. Crucially, the sweep came immediately before thousands of United States sailors and Marines arrived in the area.

Police and social development officials swept Pattaya Beach, Second Road and other public areas that evening. During the operation, officials identified 25 people accused of loitering or soliciting for prostitution. They included 18 Thais, five Lao nationals and two Ugandans. Officials then took the group away for proceedings and fines.

Now, SWING wants the circumstances surrounding that operation investigated. Questions centre on how the 25 were apprehended, processed and treated. They also concern the legal procedures used against them. However, no finding currently establishes unlawful conduct by police or other officials.

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Notably, contemporary reports differ over precisely what happened to the group. Some described the 25 as arrested or detained. Others reported that they were cited and fined. That distinction matters because Thailand changed its handling of some minor offences in 2022. Certain offences can now be resolved through administrative fines without becoming criminal punishment.

Against that background, the terminology surrounding the August operation has become important. A criminal arrest is not necessarily equivalent to receiving an administrative fine. Reports after the sweep indicated that fines were imposed. Yet conflicting descriptions of arrest, detention and citation have remained unresolved.

The timing also made the operation unusually sensitive. Days later, the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group arrived at Laem Chabang. Around 5,000 American sailors and Marines were expected to come ashore from September 2. Many were expected to spend shore leave in Pattaya.

As a result, businesses were preparing for a sizeable spending boost. Hotels, restaurants, bars and entertainment venues stood to benefit. At almost the same moment, officials were stepping up prostitution enforcement across public areas. The August 29 sweep therefore unfolded directly before the expected American influx.

Officials defend Pattaya crackdown as SWING challenges treatment and raises wider claims over policing

For their part, officials stressed that prostitution remained illegal. They also sought to present Pattaya as a safe and orderly international tourism destination. Meanwhile, the city’s entertainment economy was preparing for thousands of visiting American military personnel. That collision of events quickly attracted international attention.

SWING director Surang Janyam criticised the operation from the outset. She accused officials of attempting to manufacture a sanitised image before the Americans arrived. She also pointed to the established presence of sex work within Pattaya’s entertainment sector. Her organisation has since widened its challenge to the treatment of those caught.

Separately, SWING has made broader accusations about interactions between police and sex workers. The organisation claims some workers have been required to make unofficial payments. It also claims some were marked on their wrists after payments. Those remain SWING allegations rather than established findings.

Importantly, the supplied material contains no police response addressing those particular accusations. Nor does it establish that those practices involved the 25 people apprehended on August 29. The claims instead provide background to SWING’s concerns about prostitution enforcement. Its latest intervention focuses directly on the August group.

SWING turns focus to police procedures as conflicting figures cloud scale of Pattaya prostitution raids

In effect, the October 2 move changes the immediate focus of the controversy. The original dispute centred heavily on the timing of the crackdown. The latest questions concern what officials actually did during the operation. They also concern what happened after the 25 were taken from Pattaya’s streets.

At issue is the precise legal action used against each person. Reports indicate fines followed the operation. However, accounts differ on whether those involved were formally arrested. SWING is now seeking scrutiny of those procedures and the group’s treatment.

Under Thailand’s 2022 fines regime, some offences can be handled without criminal punishment. Consequently, being cited and fined can carry different legal implications from criminal arrest. That distinction provides an important backdrop to SWING’s demand. The available material does not establish which procedure applied individually to all 25 people.

On another front, questions remain over the actual scale of that weekend’s prostitution crackdown. Most contemporary reports identified 25 people in the August 29 operation. However, Pattaya police chief Anek Srathongyoo subsequently gave a much larger figure.

Reuters cites up to 50 detained as SWING pushes legal reform and seeks repeal of Thailand’s 1996 law

Reuters quoted him saying weekend raids involved between 40 and 50 people detained for suspected prostitution. Therefore, the group of 25 may represent only part of the enforcement activity. Other operations could account for the larger police figure. Still, the available material does not establish the relationship between those numbers.

The discrepancy leaves two distinct figures surrounding the same weekend. One concerns the specific group of 25 now highlighted by SWING. The other concerns the wider figure cited by Pattaya’s police chief. Neither figure establishes wrongdoing during the operations.

Beyond the immediate dispute, SWING has operated in Thailand for years. Its work with sex workers includes legal assistance and support involving rights and welfare. Surang has also been active on sex worker issues for many years. Moreover, the organisation is campaigning for a fundamental change to Thailand’s prostitution laws.

Specifically, SWING and allied groups want the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act of 1996 repealed. The law remains in force. Their proposed replacement would create a different framework for consensual adult sex work. It would also introduce labour and welfare protections.

Citizen-backed sex worker bill faces new parliamentary barrier after being classified as a financial bill

Earlier this year, that campaign entered another parliamentary phase. SWING and civil society partners submitted a citizen-backed legislative proposal supported by 13,526 signatures. The proposed Sex Worker Protection Bill was formally submitted on May 28. However, it followed an earlier legislative attempt that had already failed to survive political upheaval.

That previous effort ended when the House of Representatives was dissolved in December 2025. Subsequently, campaigners returned with the latest proposal. The bill again seeks to replace the 1996 prostitution legislation. Yet it has encountered another major procedural barrier.

On July 10, a joint parliamentary meeting considered the citizen-sponsored bill’s legal status. Members ruled that it constituted a financial bill. The decision passed by 17 votes to six, with two abstentions. That classification immediately changed the bill’s route through Parliament.

Under the Constitution, a citizen-sponsored financial bill requires prime ministerial endorsement before it can proceed. Accordingly, the proposal cannot advance through normal parliamentary consideration without that approval. Campaigners later called on Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to provide his endorsement.

Sex worker bill stalls without Anutin’s approval as Thailand’s 1996 prostitution law remains in force

As of October 2, the supplied material shows no evidence that Anutin has given that approval. The bill therefore remains stalled. Significantly, it has not yet lapsed. Instead, it remains unable to advance without the prime minister’s endorsement.

For now, the legal position is unchanged. The Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act of 1996 remains operative. Sex work has not been decriminalised in Thailand. Police therefore continue operating under the existing legal framework.

In parallel, supporters of the replacement bill have continued making their case for legislative change. They argue criminalisation can discourage workers from reporting violence, exploitation and non-payment. They also say workers risk penalties themselves when approaching law enforcement. SWING has previously raised similar concerns about sex workers’ dealings with police.

Those arguments form part of the organisation’s wider campaign. By contrast, the latest Pattaya dispute concerns enforcement under existing law. No replacement legislation has taken effect. The August 29 operation therefore occurred while the 1996 law remained applicable.

US Navy visit puts Pattaya crackdown in focus as SWING demands investigation into treatment of workers

The American naval visit added another layer to that enforcement drive. The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group represented a major commercial opportunity for Pattaya. Approximately 5,000 sailors and Marines were expected ashore. Businesses consequently prepared for increased spending across the resort.

At the same time, police and social development officials targeted suspected prostitution before those personnel arrived. Reuters later examined both the expected economic benefit and Pattaya’s association with sex tourism. Thus, the crackdown became more than a routine local policing operation.

For decades, Pattaya has also had a close association with visiting American military personnel. The latest carrier visit again promised substantial shore-leave spending. Yet the prostitution sweep immediately before the arrival exposed an awkward contrast. Officials were enforcing prohibition while businesses prepared for thousands of foreign servicemen.

SWING challenged that operation almost immediately. More than one month later, it has returned with a demand for investigation. This time, its questions concentrate on the conduct and procedures surrounding the 25 people.

Questions over fines and police procedures persist as Thailand’s proposed sex worker law remains stalled

Among those questions is how officials classified the enforcement action. Another concern is what happened after the group was removed from public areas. The legal basis for the fines is also relevant. So is the distinction between administrative penalties and formal criminal proceedings.

At present, the supplied material does not answer every question raised by SWING. It also provides no established finding of wrongdoing by individual officers. Similarly, it does not establish unlawful confinement or other specific misconduct involving the 25.

Even so, several factual discrepancies remain unresolved. Reports disagree over whether the group was arrested, detained or cited. Police figures also differ from the widely reported total of 25 people. Meanwhile, SWING’s broader claims about unofficial payments remain unanswered in the supplied material.

As part of its wider campaign, the foundation is simultaneously seeking to replace the law underpinning prostitution enforcement. That effort has already survived one failed legislative attempt. Its replacement proposal now faces a different obstacle requiring prime ministerial endorsement.

Until that changes, Thailand’s prostitution regime remains intact. The 1996 law continues to govern enforcement. The Sex Worker Protection Bill remains stalled before normal parliamentary consideration. Anutin’s endorsement is still required because lawmakers classified it as a financial bill.

Pattaya crackdown returns to focus as conflicting police figures and SWING investigation demand persist

The Pattaya case, however, has entered a new phase. Initially, attention centred on clearing public areas before thousands of American military personnel arrived. Businesses were preparing for their spending while officials targeted suspected prostitution.

More than a month later, attention has turned back onto the August 29 operation itself. The group included 18 Thais, five Lao nationals and two Ugandans. All 25 were taken away during the crackdown and subsequently faced proceedings and fines.

Meanwhile, the wider weekend figure remains unclear. Pattaya’s police chief referred to between 40 and 50 people detained during raids. That remains substantially above the 25 repeatedly identified in reports about the August 29 operation.

Ultimately, SWING’s October 2 demand puts those unresolved details back before police and officials. The organisation wants the treatment of the 25 examined. It also wants scrutiny of how the enforcement action was conducted.

The legal backdrop remains equally clear. Thailand has not legalised or decriminalised sex work. Its 1996 prostitution law remains in force. Meanwhile, the proposed replacement remains blocked from progressing without prime ministerial approval.

The immediate story has nevertheless shifted. What began as a prostitution crackdown before a major US Navy visit now faces scrutiny over its own procedures.

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James Morris is a pename for an international writer based in Bangkok who works on various international news media. He is a sub editor with the Thai Examiner news website since it began in 2015. Son Nguyen is an international writer and news commentator specialising in Thai news and current affairs. He commenced working with the Thai Examiner News Desk in May 2018.

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作者：詹姆斯·莫里斯和孙阮

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泰国卖淫问题再次成为焦点，此前一个性工作者团体要求对芭堤雅镇压25名卖淫者的行动展开调查。此次行动发生在5000名美国海军和海军陆战队员即将从“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航母战斗群登陆泰国的前几天。如今，性工作者权益组织SWING质疑这些性工作者是如何被逮捕和对待的，而关于逮捕、拘留和行政罚款的报道却莫衷一是。与此同时，SWING正积极推动废除泰国1996年的卖淫法。然而，由于尚未获得总理阿努廷·查恩维拉库尔的支持，该组织提出的由公民支持的《性工作者保护法案》仍处于停滞状态。

泰国电影《摇摆》（SWING）导演苏朗·詹扬要求对芭堤雅在5000名美军抵达前镇压25名性工作者的行动展开调查，泰国卖淫法正面临挑战。（来源：联合国）

一家知名的性工作者组织要求对芭堤雅打击卖淫行动中被捕的25人所受到的待遇进行调查。该组织名为“服务工作者团体基金会”（Service Workers in Group Foundation，简称SWING），于10月2日（周五）发出这一呼吁。此举再次引发了围绕8月29日执法行动的争议。值得注意的是，此次行动恰好发生在数千名美国海军和海军陆战队员抵达该地区之前。

当晚，警方和社会发展部门官员对芭堤雅海滩、第二路及其他公共区域进行了突击检查。行动中，官员查明了25名涉嫌游荡或招揽卖淫的人员，其中包括18名泰国人、5名老挝人和2名乌干达人。随后，官员将这些人带走进行审理并处以罚款。

现在，SWING组织希望对那次行动的来龙去脉进行调查。调查的重点在于这25人是如何被逮捕、处理和对待的，以及针对他们的法律程序是否合法。然而，目前尚无任何调查结果证实警方或其他官员存在违法行为。

关于芭堤雅逮捕行动的报道莫衷一是，美国海军的到来使8月份的打击卖淫行动受到质疑。

值得注意的是，关于这群人最终的下落，各方报道说法不一。一些报道称这25人被逮捕或拘留，另一些则称他们被传讯并处以罚款。这种区别至关重要，因为泰国在2022年改变了对某些轻微违法行为的处理方式。现在，某些违法行为可以通过行政罚款解决，而无需承担刑事责任。

在此背景下，围绕8月份行动的术语变得尤为重要。刑事逮捕并不一定等同于行政罚款。行动后的报道显示，确实有人被处以罚款。然而，关于逮捕、拘留和传讯的描述仍然存在分歧，至今仍未得到解决。

此次行动的时机也使其格外敏感。几天后，“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航母战斗群抵达林查班港。预计约有5000名美国海军和海军陆战队员将于9月2日起陆续上岸。许多人计划在芭堤雅休假。

因此，各企业都在为消费支出的大幅增长做准备。酒店、餐厅、酒吧和娱乐场所都将从中受益。几乎与此同时，官员们也在加大公共场所打击卖淫的力度。因此，8月29日的扫黄行动恰好发生在预期中的美国游客涌入之前。

官员为芭堤雅的镇压行动辩护，而SWING组织则对镇压行动提出质疑，并对警务工作提出更广泛的指控。

官方方面强调，卖淫仍然是非法的。他们还力图将芭堤雅打造成为一个安全有序的国际旅游目的地。与此同时，芭堤雅的娱乐业正准备迎接数千名来访的美国军人。这一系列事件迅速引起了国际社会的关注。

SWING 组织负责人苏朗·詹亚米斯批评了该组织的行动。她指责官员们在美军抵达前试图粉饰太平。她还指出，芭堤雅娱乐业中性交易早已存在。此后，她的组织将矛头指向了被抓获者的待遇问题。

此外，SWING还对警方与性工作者之间的互动提出了更广泛的指控。该组织声称，一些性工作者被要求支付非正式款项，并声称一些性工作者在收到款项后手腕上被做了标记。这些目前仍是SWING的指控，而非已确立的调查结果。

重要的是，所提供的材料中没有警方针对这些具体指控的回应，也没有证实这些行为与8月29日被捕的25人有关。这些指控反而为SWING组织关注的卖淫执法问题提供了背景信息。该组织最新的介入行动直接针对8月份被捕的这25人。

SWING 将焦点转向警方办案程序，因为相互矛盾的数据使芭堤雅卖淫突袭行动的规模变得扑朔迷离。

实际上，10月2日的行动改变了争议的焦点。最初的争议主要集中在打击行动的时机上。而最新的问题则关乎官员们在行动中究竟做了什么，以及在25名嫌疑人被从芭堤雅街头带走之后发生了什么。

争议的焦点在于针对每位涉案人员采取的具体法律行动。有报道称，行动结束后有人被处以罚款。然而，关于涉案人员是否被正式逮捕，各方说法不一。SWING组织目前正寻求对这些程序以及涉案人员所受待遇进行审查。

根据泰国2022年的罚款制度，某些违法行为无需承担刑事责任。因此，被传讯罚款与被刑事逮捕的法律后果可能有所不同。这一区别为SWING的诉求提供了重要的背景。现有材料并未明确规定具体适用于这25人的具体程序。

另一方面，关于那个周末打击卖淫行动的实际规模仍存在疑问。当时大多数报道称，8月29日的行动中共有25人被捕。然而，芭堤雅警察局长阿内克·斯拉通尤随后给出的数字要大得多。

路透社报道称，SWING 组织推动法律改革并寻求废除泰国 1996 年的法律，多达 50 人被拘留。

路透社援引他的话说，周末的突击行动中，有40到50人因涉嫌卖淫被拘留。因此，这25人可能只是执法行动的一部分。其他行动可能导致了更大的警力数字。然而，现有资料并未证实这些数字之间的关联。

这一差异导致同一周末出现了两个截然不同的数字。一个数字指的是SWING目前重点关注的25人小组，另一个数字则指的是芭堤雅警察局长公布的更广泛的数字。这两个数字均未证明行动中存在不当行为。

抛开眼前的争议不谈，SWING在泰国已运作多年。其为性工作者提供的法律援助和权益支持等服务涵盖方方面面。Surang也多年来一直积极关注性工作者权益问题。此外，该组织正致力于推动泰国卖淫法的根本性变革。

具体而言，SWING及其盟友希望废除1996年的《防止和取缔卖淫法》。该法目前仍然有效。他们提出的替代方案将为双方自愿的成人性工作建立不同的框架，并引入劳动和福利保护。

由公民支持的性工作者法案在被归类为财政法案后，面临新的议会障碍。

今年早些时候，这项运动进入了议会阶段。SWING及其公民社会合作伙伴提交了一份获得13526个签名支持的公民立法提案。这项名为《性工作者保护法案》的提案于5月28日正式提交。然而，此前的一次立法尝试因政治动荡而失败。

此前的努力随着众议院于2025年12月解散而告终。随后，活动人士带着最新的提案卷土重来。该法案再次试图取代1996年的卖淫法。然而，它又遇到了另一个重大的程序障碍。

7月10日，议会联席会议审议了这项由公民发起的法案的法律地位。议员们裁定该法案属于财政法案。该决定以17票赞成、6票反对、2票弃权获得通过。这一分类立即改变了该法案在议会的审议程序。

根据宪法，公民发起的财政法案必须经总理批准才能生效。因此，未经总理批准，该提案无法通过正常的议会审议程序。随后，活动人士呼吁总理阿努廷·查恩维拉库尔予以支持。

由于未获阿努廷批准，性工作者法案陷入停滞，泰国1996年的卖淫法仍然有效。

截至10月2日，现有材料显示，阿努廷并未批准该法案。因此，该法案仍处于停滞状态。值得注意的是，该法案尚未失效。相反，如果没有总理的批准，该法案仍然无法推进。

目前，法律立场未变。1996年《防止和取缔卖淫法》仍然有效。泰国尚未将性工作合法化。因此，警方继续在现有法律框架下开展工作。

与此同时，支持替代法案的人士继续呼吁进行立法改革。他们认为，将性工作者的遭遇定为刑事犯罪会阻碍她们举报暴力、剥削和拖欠工资等行为。他们还指出，性工作者在向执法部门求助时自身也可能面临处罚。SWING组织此前也曾对性工作者与警方的交往提出过类似的担忧。

这些论点是该组织更广泛行动的一部分。相比之下，芭堤雅最近的争议涉及现行法律的执行。目前尚无替代立法生效。因此，8月29日的行动是在1996年法律仍然适用的情况下进行的。

美国海军到访芭堤雅，令镇压行动成为关注焦点，SWING组织要求调查工人待遇问题。

美国海军的到访为此次执法行动增添了新的内容。“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航母战斗群为芭堤雅带来了巨大的商业机遇。预计将有约5000名水兵和海军陆战队员上岸。因此，各商家都做好了迎接度假区消费增长的准备。

与此同时，在这些人员抵达之前，警方和社会发展部门官员就已开始对涉嫌卖淫活动进行打击。路透社随后调查了此次行动预期带来的经济效益以及芭堤雅与性旅游的关联。因此，这次打击行动已不再仅仅是一次例行的地方警务行动。

几十年来，芭堤雅一直与到访的美国军人保持着密切联系。最近一次航母到访再次预示着美军将带来可观的岸上消费。然而，就在航母抵达前夕开展的扫黄行动却暴露出一种尴尬的对比：官员们在执行禁娼令的同时，商家们却在为迎接数千名外国军人做准备。

SWING几乎立即对该行动提出质疑。一个多月后，它再次提出调查要求。这一次，它的质询集中在涉及这25人的行为和程序上。

泰国拟议的性工作者法案仍处于停滞状态，有关罚款和警方程序的问题依然存在。

这些问题包括官员如何对执法行动进行定性。另一个令人关注的问题是，该团体被驱逐出公共区域后发生了什么。罚款的法律依据也至关重要。此外，行政处罚和正式刑事诉讼之间的区别也值得探讨。

目前，所提供的材料并未解答SWING提出的所有问题，也未提供任何关于个别警员不当行为的确凿证据。同样，这些材料也未能证实存在非法拘禁或其他涉及这25人的具体不当行为。

即便如此，仍有一些事实上的出入尚未解决。关于该组织是否被逮捕、拘留或传讯，各方报道不一。警方公布的数字也与广为流传的25人总数有所出入。与此同时，SWING提出的关于非官方付款的更广泛指控，在所提供的材料中仍未得到解答。

作为其更广泛行动的一部分，该基金会同时也在寻求修改现行卖淫执法法。这项努力此前已经历了一次立法尝试失败。如今，其替代方案面临着另一个障碍，即需要获得总理的批准。

在情况改变之前，泰国现行的卖淫制度依然有效。1996年的法律仍然有效。《性工作者保护法案》仍处于停滞状态，尚未进入正常的议会审议程序。由于议员们将其归类为财政法案，因此仍需阿努廷的支持才能通过。

芭堤雅镇压行动再次成为焦点，警方说法不一，且SWING调查要求持续存在

然而，芭堤雅事件已进入新阶段。最初，各方关注的焦点在于数千名美军人员抵达前清理公共区域。商家们忙于应对即将到来的消费，而官员们则重点打击涉嫌卖淫活动。

一个月后，人们的注意力再次回到了8月29日的行动本身。这25人包括18名泰国人、5名老挝人和2名乌干达人。他们在这次打击行动中全部被带走，随后面临诉讼和罚款。

与此同时，周末的整体数字仍不清楚。芭堤雅警察局长称，突袭行动中拘留了40至50人。这一数字远高于此前报道中多次提及的8月29日行动中的25人。

最终，SWING在10月2日提出的要求将这些悬而未决的细节重新摆在了警方和官员面前。该组织要求审查这25人所受到的待遇，并要求审查执法行动的执行方式。

法律背景同样清晰。泰国尚未将性工作合法化或非罪化。其1996年的卖淫法仍然有效。与此同时，拟议的替代法案仍因缺乏总理批准而无法推进。

然而，事情的焦点已经发生了变化。最初是为了应对美国海军一次重要访问而开展的打击卖淫行动，如今却因其自身的程序而受到审查。

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